{"id":15973,"date":"2026-04-23T16:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15973"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:39:48","slug":"rock-creek-route-66-skywatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15973","title":{"rendered":"Rock Creek Route 66 Skywatch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Recently I went to the Tulsa suburb of Sapulpa to check out the Rock Creek Bridge. A must stop for Route 66 fans especially since this year is the 100th year of Route 66’s existence. The bridge is open to foot traffic only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From there I ventured back into Sapulpa and found this Umbrella Alley. I love all the colors. The day I was there the wind was blowing pretty hard through the alley and the umbrellas were dancing. As they say in the musical “Oklahoma”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**\u201cOklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin\u2019 down the plain,
And the wavin\u2019 wheat can sure smell sweet,
When the wind comes right behind the rain.\u201d**<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you love wind. Move to Oklahoma, we have lots for everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also found this brand new place, The Waypoint Lounge<\/a>! I was sure it was a bar for geocachers. But alas, it is an event space with lots of amenities. Check the link. It is hard to make money off of geocachers. They really like free stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back home, a view down the road in my neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And I finished a jigsaw puzzle. I google lensed it and it is Hallstatt, Austria. Sure is pretty place is what I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And from our outer space. This is from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope augmented with data from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory<\/a>. It shows “Nebula NGC 6357 that contains Pismis 24, a young cluster of stars about 5,500 light-years from Earth.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me this is breathtaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that’s a wrap for this week. I’m linking with Skywatch Friday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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